US ready to work with Russia 'if it benefits Americans'

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday said his country will work with Russia if doing so benefits Americans, as Moscow pressed the Trump administration to live up to its promises of improving ties. The cautious statement came after Tillerson’s first meeting with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of a G20 gathering in the German city of Bonn. “The United States will consider working with Russia when we can find areas of practical cooperation that will benefit the American people,” Tillerson told reporters.